Leptonychotes weddellii (Lesson, 1826). Bull. Sci. Nat. Geol., 7:437.

TYPE LOCALITY: "sur les côtes des Orcades australes, situées sour 60 degrés 37 minutes de lat" [South Orkney Isl (Br. Antarct. Trust Terr.)].

DISTRIBUTION: Coastal fast ice areas of Antarctic continent and adjacent islands; occasionally north to South America, Australia, and New Zealand.

SYNONYMS: leopardina Hamilton, 1839.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Stirling (1971, Mammalian Species, 6) and Kooyman (1981).